THE OVERALL SUMMARY - April 8, 2023
US COVID weekly cases 120,820 which FELL -11.7%, and positivity FELL [page 7]
US COVID weekly admissions fell, hospital beds in use were higher [page 25]
NM COVID weekly cases fell -11.0%, and positivity fell, hospital bed usage may have leveled [page 13, 14, 24]
Grant County weekly COVID cases fell 6.7% and succeeding peaks are lower [page 5, 16, 22]
Silver City Week on Week cases rose a bit [page 17]
OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA - GRANT COUNTY COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:
COVID Bayard and Hurley cases have very low case numbers [page 17, 18]
COVID-like GRMC ED visit % were LOWER (HHS) 03/31/23 [page 19]
COVID-like GRMC ADMISSIONS were LOWER (HHS) 03/31/23 [page 19
OUR STATE - NEW MEXICO COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:
Covid weekly deaths 04/07/23: Grant County 0, Luna 1, Dona Ana 5, Sierra 0, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 [page 15]
Covid weekly cases 04/07/23: Grant County 21, Luna 20, Dona Ana 95, Sierra 2, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 [page 15]
NM breakthrough cases: ages 50-64 worse, 65-74 next, 25-39 next, with ages 75+ better 03/27/23 [page 30]
NEIGHBORING STATES - COVID DATA:
AZ, CO, and beds fell; NM beds week on week fell a tiny bit [page 24]
AZ cases and positivity fell. CO cases fell and positivity rose. TX cases fell, positivity rose. [page 9, 10, 11, 12]
THE NATIONAL DETAILS OF COVID, FLU, RSV, AND HMPV ARE:
COVID: [page 7]
* USA Covid this week: cases:120,820 (-12%), admissions:14,560 (-11%) [page 7, 8]
* USA Covid last week: cases:136,879, admissions:16,359
* USA Covid weekly hospital beds in use: ROSE this week
INFLUENZA, RSV, HMPV WEEKLY AVAILABLE CDC DATA [page 38, 39, 40, 41]
* USA FLU 04/01/23 FELL 36% Cases: 498 [page 39]
* USA RSV 04/01/23 The overall trend is FALLING [page 40]
* USA HMPV 04/01/23 The overall trend is FALLING [page 41]
NOTES AND NEWS:
NOTE: VACCINATION DATA as well as VARIANT DATA can be seen [page 27]
* US covid sub-variant XBB and XBB 1.5 joined by 1.5.1 and 1.9.1 and are dominant in the USA [page 27]
04/07/23: 11 notes on the new omicron subvariant
04/03/23: COVID 1.16 in 18 states, including TX
04/03/23: COVID 1.16 has shown increased infectivity
03/31/23: US CDC and FL case number discrepancies. FL data shows cases doubling in March
03/28/23: WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era [Reuters]
03/27/23: Do You Need Another COVID Booster? Here's What Experts Say.
03/27/23: Astrazeneca (non mRNA), young women, cardiac issues
03/20/23: How much of a threat is COVID now?
03/20/23: Isn't COVID-19 or the Flu? Here's What It Might Be (HMPV?)
03/13/23: Blood clots occurring post covid
03/13/23: Comparing myocarditis from vaccines versus from covid itself